On Wed, 2007-09-19 at 00:49 -0500, Jim Kronebusch wrote: > > I have a working xorg.conf on a 'snow iMac' from fc7 > > I am trying to use a different 'snow iMac' on ltsp. > > So I gather I should cp my working_xorg.conf > > to /opt/ltsp/ppc/etc/XF86Config-4.snow and simply set > > [00:03:93:92:88:98] > > XSERVER = fbdev > > XF86CONFIG_FILE = XF86Config-4.snow > > > > I will try that in the morning...that's what I interpret your suggestion > > to be telling me. > > Exactly what I am suggesting. Post back how it goes. Oh, I see an error > here, but the > custom file in > /opt/ltsp/ppc/etc/X11/XF86Config-4.snow > Maybe omitting the X11 above was just a typo. ---- No - it wasn't a typo but rather an indication of my seeing your previous instruction...
> -----------Snip------------- > Your custom config file goes in /opt/ltsp/i386/etc and recognizing that in ltsp-6 distribution, the ppc had XF86Config-4.indigo /opt/ltsp/ppc/etc/XF86Config-4.indigo and not inside the X11 directory which is where I would have expected it to be. ---- > > > yes, I am able to look at /tmp/XF86Config.1 but it always has (going > > from memory now)... > > > > Section "Device" > > Driver "192.168.3.11" > > > > which ain't ever gonna work > > Sure won't, very odd. Try commenting out the XSERVER line in the default > section, that > probably doesn't need to be there. But the mac address specific section for > all I know > should be overriding that anyhow, which makes me wonder if it is pulling down > the custom > file. Was the motherboard on that mac ever swapped? I know macs have the > handy mac > address printed on the case, but I have been burned in the past referring to > that not > knowing the motherboard was swapped and that it now had a different mac > address > (basically grasping at straws here). > > Anyhow give that a try. ---- I'm taking the mac address from syslog on the DHCP server which always notates the mac addresses of the DHCP client. I've got some new things to try...will try in an hour or so when I get to work Thanks Craig ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
